50mm
From Roll 2021-013 (first with Leica MP)
Here are a few from the very first roll through the new Leica MP. (Sorry, I lost them)
Latest
Tri-X
From Roll 2021-012 (Hasselblad 500C/M)
Tri-X in the Hasselblad 500C/M. This was the only shot on the roll that I liked.
Doisneau on good pictures
If I knew how to take a good picture, I’d do it all the time Robert Doisneau
Betting long on film with a new Leica MP
I enjoy both film and digital photography, but the pendulum has been swinging toward film recently, and I’ve been having a ball. I’ve finally dialed in a film processing, scanning, and editing workflow that works and that I don’t hate. What’s more, I’ve been studying
From Roll 2021-011
These are all taken with the Leica M3 on HP5+ and were processed in HC-110 Dilution B. I’m pretty sure I used the Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 for the entire roll.
Don Delillo on Photography
A photograph is a universe of dots. The grain, the halide, the little silver things clumped in the emulsion. Once you get inside a dot, you gain access to hidden information, you slide inside the smallest event. This is what technology does. It peels back the shadows and redeems the
From Roll 2021-010
Leica M6, HP5+. HC-110 (dilution B). Scanned on V750 with Silverfast. Processed with Negative Lab Pro
Ron, France (1963)
My dad (right) stands in front of bar while in the Navy. (France 1963)
Adobe
A tweak to the photo workflow
I’m trying to stick with the Adobe suite for processing, editing, and managing photos. I prefer Capture One’s editing process, but Lightroom Classic has everything else going for it, (ecosystem, tooling, ubiquity, etc.) so that’s where I’ve settled for now. But I’d love to take
Black-paint Leica M10-R. Beautiful.
Yeah, I’d definitely get the black-paint version. The only problem is that kit is around $17,000 as pictured. Still, just look at it.
Family
My dad on Father's Day
He’s a good one.
Trying to live on the iPad for a while
As an antidote for my usual spiral of sitting at a giant screen full of a dozen windows, staring, clicking, staring, clicking, etc. I thought I’d try living on my iPad for a while. I’m not an iPad person, even though I’ve used one since the day